Renewal Plan for the Old Part of Chittagong: A Case Study of Firingi Bazar
Due to rapid pressured of population growth, city has
started to lose its old tradition. City becomes congested with
uncomfortably living. Urban renewal refers orderly development of
settlements as well as land redevelopment. For this paper Chittagong
city has been selected as study area. It had a great tradition but it has
been losing its concord. Land use pattern of this place is also
haphazard due to lack of planning intervention. Renewal plan is
needed to ascertain suitable redevelopment and to recommend on
preservation of city heritage structure. The goal of this study is to
prepare a renewal plan using local planning approach. Social impact
methods have been used to achieve this goal. Both primary and
secondary data are used to achieve the goal. This study may find out
a complete solution for healthy living in old Part of city. This study
will help to preserve its tradition and makes urban lives more livable.
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[1] Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). 2012. Population Census 2011,
National Report (Provisional). Ministry of Planning, Dhaka:
Bangladesh
[2] Britannica, E., Ed. 1994. “The new Encyclopedia Britannica”,
Micropedia Ready Reference, XII, Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.
[3] Nelson, K.P. (1988). Gentrification and Distressed Cities: An
Assessment of Trends in
[4] Intra metropolitan Migration. Madison. The University of Wisconsin
Press.
[5] Onkar, p., dhote, k.k. and Sharma, A. (2008). Exploring the concept of
urban renewal in the Indian context. ITPI JOURNAL.5, 42-46.
[6] Imrie, R., and Thomas, H. (1999). British Urban Policy: An Evaluation
of the Urban Development
[7] Corporations, Sage, London.
http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/C_0234.htm. Access on 12 December
2014.
@article{"International Journal of Business, Human and Social Sciences:69903", author = "A. T. M. Shahjahan and M. D. Kamrul Islam and Saikat Mitra and Kutub Uddin Chisty", title = "Renewal Plan for the Old Part of Chittagong: A Case Study of Firingi Bazar", abstract = "Due to rapid pressured of population growth, city has
started to lose its old tradition. City becomes congested with
uncomfortably living. Urban renewal refers orderly development of
settlements as well as land redevelopment. For this paper Chittagong
city has been selected as study area. It had a great tradition but it has
been losing its concord. Land use pattern of this place is also
haphazard due to lack of planning intervention. Renewal plan is
needed to ascertain suitable redevelopment and to recommend on
preservation of city heritage structure. The goal of this study is to
prepare a renewal plan using local planning approach. Social impact
methods have been used to achieve this goal. Both primary and
secondary data are used to achieve the goal. This study may find out
a complete solution for healthy living in old Part of city. This study
will help to preserve its tradition and makes urban lives more livable.", keywords = "Renewal Plan, Social Impact.", volume = "9", number = "4", pages = "1313-4", }